edited by LeRoy R. Hafen. Softbound, 401 pages, 5-1/4" x 8". The legendary mountainmen formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of the American adventure. Included are brief biographies of eighteen (18) representative mountainmen such as William Ashley, Jedediah Smith, Joseph Meek and others. Selected from among those published in the ten-volume set of the same name.